Game stick



March 1958 M. A". MARCOCCIO 2,826,417

GAME s'rxcx- Filed July 26, 1955 JNVENTOR. Mario More 066 '0 A TTORNEYS.

trite .itates atent 2,826,417 GAME SUCK Mario Albert Marcoccio, CentralFalls, R. I. Application July 26, 1955, Serial No. 524,398 2 t'llaims.(Cl. 273-129) This invention relates to a game stick for amusement andexercise of the user.

It has been found that an article such as a ball may be propelled ifsome stick is placed in contact with the ball or nearly in contact andthen the end of the stick struck with the foot so as to propel the ballforwardly, and this invention relates to the shaping of a game stick forthis purpose.

One of the objects of the invention is to provide a head on the gamestick which will afford a good surface to be struck with the foot andalso an advantageous surface adapted to engage and propel a ball when sostruck.

Another object of the invention is to so shape the face of the stickwhich will engage the ball that it may be lifted from the grounddifferent amounts as may be desired.

Another object of the invention is to provide a stick which will have asurface well adapted to be struck with the foot of the user so that someaccuracy may be provided in such striking.

Another object of the invention is to provide a game stick which willhave a head which may be moved with relation to the stick for themovement of a ball as desired in giving different lofts to the ball whenstruck.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction as will be more fully described andparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing a person holding a game stick andin a position to kick or strike the head of the stick with the foot;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view on a larger scale of the stickalone;

Figure 3 is a fragmental portion of the stick with its playing head inits operating relation to a ball;

Figure 4 shows a somewhat different relation of the head with referenceto the stick and in a position engaging the ball;

Figure 5 is a view looking at the rear face of the head and sticksubstantially on line 55 of Figure 2; and

Figure 6 is a view looking at the front face of the head of the stickand taken substantially on line 66 of Figure 2.

In proceeding with this invention, 1 have provided a handle generallyelongated in shape and simulating somewhat the handle of a golf club,which has pivotally mounted at its lower end a head which is so shapedthat it may engage an article to be propelled, such for instance as aball, on one face of the head and will present a rear face which may bestruck with the foot, such as by kicking, so as to swing the sticksubstantially about a fulcrum which is at the hands of the user topropel the ball.

With reference to the drawings, 10 designates the handle which is shownas an elongated rod-like form of steel 11, the handle having a leathergrip helically wound thereon as at 12 which may "be grasped by the handsof the user, as shown at 13 and 14 in Figure 1. At the lower end of thisrod 11 there is a sleeve 15 which is bifurcated to provide spaced arms16. The sleeve will telescope the lower end of the rod 11 and be securedthereto in any suitable manner, such as by riveting, cementing, orwelding.

Between the arms 16 there is mounted a head 17 which is of somewhatirregular form, as shown more clearly in Figures 3 and 4. This head maybe hollow and formed of metal such as by means of side plates 18-18 ofidentical shape with a bridging plate 19 of sheet metal extending alongand welded to the edge of the plates and following the shape thereof.This sheet metal 19 may be bent into this form desired and issubstantially a straight line from edge to edge of plates 18-48. Thecurvature of the plates 18 is such that the portion of the web 19 whichforms the rear surface is convex as at 20, while the portion 19 formingthe front face is concave as at 21. Both of these portions come togetherin a rather sharp chisel edge as at 22. Thus, there is provided asurface which is rather broad and convex as at 20, which may be struckby the foot of the user, while the broad surface 21 is concave so as toreceive a ball 23 therein and cause it to be propelled.

when the head is kicked, as indicated in Figure 1. The surface beinggenerally in a straight line between the peripheral edges of the plate18 affords some control of direction for propelling the ball 23. Thehead is pivoted between the arms 16 by means of a pivot pin 24 extendingthrough the walls 18 and the arms 16 so as to pivotally relate the headbetween the arms. This pivot is headed as at 25 so as to hold it inposition. The head is provided with a portion 26 projecting upwardly, asshown in Figure 2, which is a distance from the pivot 24 such that itwill contact the bridgeportion 27 of the bifurcated end of the stick andlimit the rotation of the head about its pivot.

By reason of the convex surface 21, a ball may be propelled with arather raised trajectory by kicking the rear surface 20, which willcause the concave surface 21 to engage and loft the ball. However, thehead may, if desired, be swung about its pivot as shown in Figure 4 sothat the angle of engagement with the ball will have a lower trajectoryassisted by the bulging portion 28 of the head, and this may occur whereit is desired to roll the ball along a surface rather than to lift it.Some hole, such as a golf hole, may be provided to which the ball may bedirected, or some other target may be utilized in connection with thegame which is operated in this manner.

In some cases the head may be made solid of some light material such asaluminum or magnesium or a nonmetallic material of some plastic resinmay be used.

I claim:

1. A game stick comprising an elongated handle having at its lower end abifurcated end with spaced arms, a ball engaging head pivoted betweensaid arms about an axis at right angles to said handle with a portionextending below said arms, said head having a broad front face adaptedto engage a ball to be propelled, and a broad uniformly convex from sideto side rear surface adapted to be kicked by the foot to propel saidball, said front face and said rear surface converging toward each otherat the lower portion of said head into a chisel edge, and said frontface extending from said chisel edge on a concave curve and joined tosaid rear surface by a reversed general semispherical curvature.

2. A game stick as in claim 1 wherein said head has an abutmentpositioned to engage said bifurcated end and limit its swingingmovement.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,308,201 Smith July 1, 1919 2,325,525 Lukenbill July 27, 1943 2,383,210Patterson Aug. 21, 1945 2,401,195 Schutte May 28, 1946 2,719,716Sawtelle Oct. 4, 1955

